It was a good first official job for me. - Sales Associate Bath & Body Works Employee Review

4.0
Apr 24, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I loved my managers and coworkers. Everyone was really nice and it was really easy to get along with everyone. I worked over seasonal, so it's a bit overwhelming with the amount of people they hire. The managers gave good feedback, as to what you need to work on and what you did good. I always love getting my Gratis from work and they reward you for working on Christmas eve!

Cons

Closing the store was a pain. The store was never closed in time, at least on the nights I had to close. It was basically one associate (me) straightening and restocking all the walls, along with the display tables. The manager is busy dealing with closing registers and other stuff. There's usually one other person, but they were working in the back with shipment. With the BBW store size I worked in, it was literally impossible to close within an hour. I always extended my shift until I couldn't. Another annoying thing was call in shifts. I had tons of them during a period time and I never can make plans! They never call me in when I have nothing to do but always do when I want to go somewhere else. The amount of call in shifts given is ridiculous.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Good discounts on merchandise, easy work.

Cons

I would have loved to purchase some of their products conisdering the 40% off discount for employees, but they failed to pay me enough to sustain myself let alone buy from their store! I was getting paid about $150 every two weeks! They never notified me about how little I'd be working or about what my schedule would be like, my shifts were completely random. If you want a set schedule each week. this job isn't for you, you're lucky to get 1 shift a week that only lasts about 3-4 hours. Once again, my supervisors failed to mention this, thinking it was more important that I know how to sell products than whether or not I get paid enough to survive. I don't know why there was so much emphasis on selling merchandise to customers anyway, these products practically sell themselves. I had a lot of questions starting out since I was a NEW EMPLOYEE and all and had never worked a job like this in my life, but for some reason my supervisors failed to see this and instead made me feel ashamed and embarassed for asking the simplest of questions. They'd actually get mad and a little sassy at me for asking a question, like where a specific item was or how to do a return. I have to remind you, I had just started and my shifts were so sporadic it was difficult to retain all the info, so I HAD to ask questions.

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